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August 11, 2007
Hi Guys and gals, due to technical difficulties I am temporarily redirecting traffic to my CaringBridge site
http://www.caringbridge.org/cb/visitAPage.do
the website name robbismith
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Virgie | August 17, 2007 at 6:56 pm
This is to let everyone who knew and loved Robbi Smith that we lost her today. Last night she suffered a massive stroke. We want to thank everyone who shared their life with her. She will be greatly missed. Please pray for Robbi’s husband and family in thier hour of sorrow. Feel free to email me with any messages to her family. virgalea@aol.com
Virgie Meggs virgalea@aol.com
St Louis, MO
United States
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Cathy Colcord | August 18, 2007 at 11:38 pm
We will all miss you, Robbi. I can’t believe that you are gone. We love you and we will be praying for Stu and your family.
Love,
Cathy and Jeff
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Robbi | August 19, 2007 at 12:35 pm
Hi, This is Stu. Please know that Robbi loved you all and your support meant the world to her. She never met a stranger and she never made an enemy. She did not lose the fight. She was blind sided by a brain hemmorage. Robbi was cancer free when she passed. I am of course having a bad time, but I too thank you for your support. Mycal, sorry if I was rude. Thank you all for being there. Stu and Robbi
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debutaunt | August 20, 2007 at 7:56 am
I am so in shock. She had just sent me a comment not that long ago. She always had a kind word and something funny to say to cheer me up. She was so determined and strong.
I’m so terribly sorry, Stu. She is so precious.
Many hugs and prayers from Texas your way.
Debby & Zoe
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ocicatguy | August 20, 2007 at 7:50 pm
I am so sorry to hear about this. I only got to know Robbi a little bit on online forums, but it was so obvious that she was precious.
Leos Dad
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joebec | August 20, 2007 at 8:04 pm
Stu,
I’m so sorry to hear of Robbi’s passing. Please know how much I loved her and will miss her greatly. She was looking so forward to beating the cancer and getting her life back. It’s just a tragedy. I’m so heartbroken.
It was a blessing to have known her. you and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.
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nybuggsie | August 21, 2007 at 1:33 am
Stu,
I too loved Robbi. I meet Robbi through our blogs. She always gave me good advice about my daughter or a kind word. She would always talk about her wonderful beloved Stu. She said she would beat the cancer and we’d all meet one day and do the happy dance. I thank God that I was lucky enough to know Robbi what a beautiful woman inside and out. You and Robbis’ entire family are in my prayers. God bless you all. Robbi will be missed
love
Kathy
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Bob | August 23, 2007 at 4:04 pm
Robbi,
I will miss you. I am sorry I couldn’t help you.
You never got to meet your niece. But I will tell her about you as she grows up.
I love you,
Your brother Bob.
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The DT | August 24, 2007 at 3:08 pm
I thought about what I wanted to say for a long time, but it all sounded like crap in my head. I’m just going to say it now, no matter how lame it might sound.
Robbi, you were an inspiration to us all. What can I say? You were always so upbeat, no matter how bad things were. You had such a great sense of humor and, even though I’ve never met you, I could tell you were a nice person, through and through. I’m glad to see that, according to Stu, you were cancer free when you went beyond the pale. So you did beat it after all.
To all the friends and family of Robbi, you surely must know that God has a nasty habit of taking those we love from us. You must be more devastated than I am, since you knew how good of a person Robbi was in real life. I hope you all stay well in this time of despair.
I miss you already,
Ross
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Ginny | August 24, 2007 at 4:43 pm
Robbi is still with us – in our hearts and memories.
Bobby – Please – you were her hope, don’t ever
say you didn’t help.
Ginny
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hummingbird | August 25, 2007 at 2:32 am
Stu, I want you to know that Robbi is and was an inspiration to everyone she met in blog world. I have followed her journey for over a year and a 1/2 and always, always, her great integrity her faith and positive outlook, her humor was a shining light and reminder of what it mean to have grace in the face of adversity. She never gave up. She loved you so totally and spoke of you with absolute love and gratitude.
I only knew her in this sphere, and having learned of her passing today, I never anticipated that her loss would hit me this hard. I am so thankful for all she taught me by her example, and for having known her, in a small way, as I did.
Please know that my thoughts are very much with you and your family. With her brother, her parents, the people she loved, and still from her different plane now, she still loves. Love never dies. I believe that will all of my being.
She has left this material world, but she isnt gone.
Part of who she is/was is because of you, Stu, because of your love for her, your steadfastness, and your companionship in her journey. You were her strength, her rock. I dont know how she managed to reach out, out of her own process of illness, in spite of everything, to offer guidance and comfort to others with such lightness and clarity, but she did. She was very big that way. You may not know this, but she gave a lot to us. I thank you for being such a good partner to her. She knew true love. She told us that. Often.
I will miss her. I’m just glad I got to know her a little. She made a big difference and had a huge impact on my life.
I am so so sorry for your loss, Stu. I know how hard you both fought this thing, and how close you both were to beating it. Perhaps it was her time, but I cant help but feeling that it isnt fair. It isnt fair at all.
Still, I feel very strongly that she is okay now. She knows what this was about and why, even if no one else does.
Please know that your Robbi was a special person in so many people’s lives. She will always be remembered that way.
Christine… aka Chupaflor
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Christie Samuelson | August 28, 2007 at 3:38 pm
Stu and family,
First of all, I want to let you know how absolutely perfect the service honoring Robbi was last week. It was such a great tribute to the wonderful, giving, always caring for others (even in her own time of need) person she was and always will be.
When I walked into the service, I was so happy to see the eagle statue and the grand canyon pictures. Somehow, I just had to smile, even through tears, thinking about how she finally had the chance to leave her frail little body and soar on the wings of eagles, high above the canyon she so loved.
Bob, please don’t think you weren’t a tremendous help to your sister. Regardless of whether she was able to feel the benefits of the transplant or not, she knew that you were there for her in every way that matters. She loved and appreciated you far more than you give yourself credit for. Just know from one of Robbi’s friends that she spoke about you with such love and admiration that you should never, ever second-guess that.
Stu, I hope you have been able to find some peace and solace in the last few days. I can’t imagine what a tremendous void you are feeling, but even though she can’t be here tangibly, she will always be here with you in your heart. I may sound like a broken record by saying this again, but I’m so very thankful that you two were able to meet and share the last couple of years together. Robbi always told me that you made her so very happy and that despite her illness and all that you two went through, she truly felt blessed just having you by her side. Whether it was something as simple as going to eat at Steak N Shake or even a trip to the hardware store, you made every minor day-to-day event in her life so much more special. I thank you for being such a wonderful, loving companion for Robbi. She certainly deserved it, and I know that you gained so much from her as well.
I am so very impressed when I read all the comments from the people she only knew through cyberspace. I always knew she was truly special, but her capacity to give to all the people she simply knew through the LS and other boards is overwhelming to me. Self-pity was just not part of her vocabulary, and she always had a positive word, no matter what. I just wish all the people she touched in this way had been able to share in the gift of truly knowing her as I did.
I guess you could say that all of our lives have been changed for the better, simply by knowing Robbi. Let’s all make an effort to actually put to use the valuable lessons that she taught us about courage, determination, love, and willingness to lend a helping hand to others in need. As she has demonstrated to us, our lives are truly measured by the type of mark we leave on this world once we pass from it. None of us are guaranteed another day….make this one count for the better!
All my love and encouragement to her family and other friends,
Christie Samuelson
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virgie Meggs | September 2, 2007 at 9:38 pm
Bob, please send me an email.
Thanks Virgie
virgalea@aol.com
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buggsie | November 15, 2007 at 2:01 pm
Hi Stu just checking in to say I’m thinking about you and praying for you everday.
Kathy
If you ever want to talk my email is katcantalk@hotmail.com
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Bob | November 15, 2007 at 6:20 pm
Stu,
That goes for me too. I still come to this site every day.
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buggsie | January 28, 2008 at 12:46 am
Hi Stu,
Still checking in to see if you posted anything. You are still in my prayers. God Bless
Kathy
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buggsie | March 13, 2008 at 11:07 am
Stu,
Just wanted to let you know I’m still praying for you and thinking of you.
Kathy
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buggsie | April 15, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Hello Stu,
Not sure if you still check this site but please know how much we love and miss Robbi.
God Bless you
Kathy
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Bob | August 17, 2008 at 2:11 pm
Robbi,
I cannot believe it has been a year. I miss you and think of you every day.
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Christie Samuelson | August 18, 2008 at 8:29 pm
Hard to believe we have all been without our dear friend Robbi for a whole year now. I miss her every day and hope her family and other friends are doing o.k.
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buggsie | August 21, 2008 at 1:28 am
Miss you Robbi. I think of you often and always with a smile on my face you always had kind words and knew what to say to brighten my day. I pray for Stu and your family and all your friends. love and miss you friend
Kathy
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Bob | November 17, 2008 at 6:09 pm
Thinking of you today.
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buggsie | December 25, 2008 at 3:58 am
Hi Stu thinking of you and praying you are well